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Proud Liberal Dem

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3. Could be telling us a lot of things
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 10:24 AM
Jul 2018

1. People don't pay enough attention to politics and are SEVERELY apathetic about what's going, too busy to pay attention, don't connect policies to their lives unless it affects them personally, etc.
2. People actually support Republicans and their policies (at least a solid 30% seems to support them no matter how horrible their policies or actions are)
3. Republicans have gamed the system, worked the refs, and keep getting themselves elected by limiting voters (felon disenfranchisement, voter ID, voter rolls purging), picking voters favorable to to them (Gerrymandering)
4. Some combination of all of the above (which is what I tend to believe)

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